Election to the United States Senate in 1960

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The 1960 election to the United States Senate for the 87th United States Congress took place on November 8th. It was part of the election in the United States that day and coincided with the presidential election that John F. Kennedy won over later President Richard Nixon .

33 Class II seats were available for election , and there were three by-elections for senators who had left office prematurely, one of them in Class II. 23 of these senators belonged to the Democratic Party and 12 to the Republicans . 27 Senators were re-elected, 17 Democrats and 10 Republicans. 2 previously Democratic seats went to the Republicans, in return the Democrats were able to win one seat from the Republicans. As a result, the Democratic majority in the Senate fell from 65 to 64 seats, the Republicans improved from 35 to 36. However, the Republican who had just been elected in Wyoming, Edwin Keith Thomson, died in December. Governor John Joseph Hickey , a Democrat, named himself his successor, bringing the party ratio back to 65-35 when the Senate met.

Re-elected Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson stepped down to take up the post of US Vice President . The Democrat William A. Blakley was appointed as his successor . This was subject to the Republican John Tower in the by-election on June 14, 1961 , so that the party ratio was then again at 64 to 36.

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Results

By-elections to the 86th Congress

The holders of the seats available for election here were appointed as replacements for retired senators. The election in North Dakota was on June 28, 1960; the other two by-elections were held at the same time as the 87th Congress. The winners of these elections entered the Senate before January 3, 1961, during the 86th Congress .

Country Acting Senator Political party By-election Result New senator
Missouri Edward V. Long democrat Class III approved Edward V. Long
North Dakota Norman Brunsdale republican Class I. Gain democrats Quentin N. Burdick
Oregon Hall S. Lusk democrat Class II held by Democrats Maurine Brown Neuberger
  • Confirmed: An incumbent appointed to replace a retired Senator has been confirmed

Elections to the 87th Congress

The winners of these elections were accepted into the Senate on January 3, 1961, when the 87th Congress met . All seats of these senators belong to class II .

Country Acting Senator Political party Result New senator
Alabama John Sparkman democrat re-elected John Sparkman
Alaska Bob Bartlett democrat re-elected Bob Bartlett
Arkansas John Little McClellan democrat re-elected John Little McClellan
Colorado Gordon L. Allott republican re-elected Gordon L. Allott
Delaware J. Allen Frear democrat Gain Republicans Cale Boggs
Georgia Richard B. Russell democrat re-elected Richard B. Russell
Idaho Henry Dworshak republican re-elected Henry Dworshak
Illinois Paul Howard Douglas democrat re-elected Paul Howard Douglas
Iowa Thomas E. Martin republican held by Republicans Jack Miller
Kansas Andrew Schoeppel republican re-elected Andrew Schoeppel
Kentucky John Sherman Cooper republican re-elected John Sherman Cooper
Louisiana Allen J. Ellender democrat re-elected Allen J. Ellender
Maine Margaret Chase Smith republican re-elected Margaret Chase Smith
Massachusetts Leverett Saltonstall republican re-elected Leverett Saltonstall
Michigan Patrick V. McNamara democrat re-elected Patrick V. McNamara
Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey democrat re-elected Hubert H. Humphrey
Mississippi James Eastland democrat re-elected James Eastland
Montana James Edward Murray democrat held by Democrats Lee Metcalf
Nebraska Carl Curtis republican re-elected Carl Curtis
New Hampshire Styles Bridges republican re-elected Styles Bridges
New Jersey Clifford P. Case republican re-elected Clifford P. Case
New Mexico Clinton Presba Anderson democrat re-elected Clinton Presba Anderson
North Carolina B. Everett Jordan democrat re-elected B. Everett Jordan
Oklahoma Robert S. Kerr democrat re-elected Robert S. Kerr
Oregon Hall S. Lusk democrat held by Democrats Maurine Brown Neuberger
Rhode Island Theodore F. Green democrat held by Democrats Claiborne Pell
South carolina Strom Thurmond democrat re-elected Strom Thurmond
South Dakota Karl Earl Mundt republican re-elected Karl Earl Mundt
Tennessee Estes Kefauver democrat re-elected Estes Kefauver
Texas Lyndon B. Johnson democrat re-elected Lyndon B. Johnson
Virginia Absalom Willis Robertson democrat re-elected Absalom Willis Robertson
West Virginia Jennings Randolph democrat re-elected Jennings Randolph
Wyoming Joseph C. O'Mahoney democrat Gain Republicans Edwin Keith Thomson
  • re-elected: an elected incumbent was re-elected